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c) Put up 5 questions to the text
5. VOCABULARY WORK
a) In his book, The Ecology of Commerce, Paul Hawken outlines
practical ways in which we might work our way back towards a
sustainable economy. Complete the checklist below by selecting from
the lists of words:
technology resources consumption hemisphere
Reduce (1) .......... of energy and natural (2) in the northern
(3) .......... by 75 % . This is not as difficult as it sounds. We already
have the (4) .......... to make things last twice as long with half the
resources.
war inequality employment security
Provide secure (5) .......... for the whole populace. A sustainable
economy without job (6) .......... would only lead to social (7) ..........
and civil (8) .......... quality nature goods dynamics.
Honour market principles. Since you cannot change the (9)
.......... of the market, you have to operate within it. Taxing morality
by charging higher prices for environmentally- friendly (10) ......
doesn’t work. It is basic human (11) .......... to shop around for the
cheapest goods of comparable (12) .......... .
earth systems restoration programme
Extensive (13) .......... will be needed as it is simply too late to
sustain what we have. As part of our overall economic (14) .......... we
shall need to redesign all industrial, residential and transport (15)
.......... so that everything we use comes from the (16) .......... and
returns to it.
acts circumstances society users
Governments alone cannot create a sustainable (17) .......... .
Everything largely depends
on the daily (18) .......... of billions of ordinary people. Humans
are not naturally wasteful and predatory, but intelligent (19) ..........
who adapt to fit in with their (20) .......... . In a sustainable culture
people would naturally conserve.
     c) Put up 5 questions to the text

     5. VOCABULARY WORK
      a) In his book, The Ecology of Commerce, Paul Hawken outlines
practical ways in which we might work our way back towards a
sustainable economy. Complete the checklist below by selecting from
the lists of words:
        technology        resources      consumption       hemisphere
       Reduce (1) .......... of energy and natural (2) in the northern
(3) .......... by 75 % . This is not as difficult as it sounds. We already
have the (4) .......... to make things last twice as long with half the
resources.
        war              inequality      employment       security
        Provide secure (5) .......... for the whole populace. A sustainable
economy without job (6) .......... would only lead to social (7) ..........
and civil (8) .......... quality nature goods dynamics.
        Honour market princi ples. Since you cannot change the (9)
.......... of the market, you have to operate within it. Taxing morality
by charging higher prices for environmentally- friendly (10) ......
doesn’t work. It is basic human (11) .......... to shop around for the
cheapest goods of comparable (12) .......... .
        earth            systems         restoration      programme
        Extensive (13) .......... will be needed as it is simply too late to
sustain what we have. As part of our overall economic (14) .......... we
shall need to redesign all industrial, residential and transport (15)
.......... so that everything we use comes from the (16) .......... and
returns to it.
        acts         circumstances          society         users
     Governments alone cannot create a sustainable (17) .......... .
Everything largely depends
     on the daily (18) .......... of billions of ordinary people. Humans
are not naturally wasteful and predatory, but intelligent (19) ..........
who adapt to fit in with their (20) .......... . In a sustainable culture
people would naturally conserve.




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